Child facts for kids

A child (plural form is children) is a person who is not an adult yet, or who has not reached puberty. A baby that is not yet born is often called a child, too. A person can be called his or her parent's child, no matter how old he or she is. Some synonyms for the word 'child' are kid, toddler, bairn, youngster, boy or girl, lad or lass or youth.

When two people get married and one (or both) of them have children with someone else before they got married, that child is called a step child by the child's non-birthparent. If both people had children, the children of each parent are step brothers or step sisters of each other. If a child loses both parents they are an orphan. Orphans usually go to orphanages. If they are lucky they may be adopted by another adult wanting a child. They will then be able to grow up in a new family.